Draw no menace for Denis as he lands first Cat One title for Evans

CLUAIN DENIS (16/1) credited trainer Gemma Evans with a first-ever Category One success with a brilliant victory in the £10,000 final of the Doncaster Puppy Derby over 450m at Doncaster.

Drawn five in the all-railer field, he broke well along with My Twilight Zone, outsped that rival to the first turn and raced into a lead he never looked like losing.

Powering on relentlessly, the Steve Artiss, Poppy Evans, Richard O'Dwyer and Mitchell Silver-owned February 2025 son of Pestana and Carefree Tipp came home almost four lengths to the good of My Twilight Zone in clocking a superb best-of-event 27.21sec (normal).

Romford Puppy Cup heroine Carrigoon Cece was a heavily-backed 2/5 favourite to add another top level title to her cv but missed the break from trap one and was never a factor after then being forced to check around the first couple of bends.